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@jakonrath Much appreciated. May you keep writing what's in your heart and mind, and may you keep earning for the sake of doing it more often.

I've been a professional fiction writer since 2002. Here's what I've learned. This list assumes your books are good enough. You'll know when you know. 1. Write when you can. Finish what you start. Self-publish what you finish. Repeat. 2. You don't need gatekeepers. 3. The only thing you should pay for is cover art (and maybe formatting if you haven't learned how to do that yourself.) People do judge a book by its cover. 4. The only advertising that ever worked for me is BookBub, and that doesn't work as well as it used to. Your best advertising is writing a good book. 5. Kindle Unlimited earns more than going wide on all platforms. Make sure your Amazon listing sings. 6. Your online presence will not help sell books. Social media doesn't boost sales. 7. Don't read your reviews, or worry about reviews at all. 8. Periodic sales and discounts and freebies increase units sold and income generated. 9. Be polite, gracious, humble, and thankful. 10. Don't stress over sales. Just keep improving your craft. 11. Never give up.

@akafaceUS That little protest at the beginning, though. 😆

A woman discovered a large rat in her home and decided to find a street cat to help catch it. She brought the first stray she found up to her apartment and set it down in front of the rat, waiting to see what would happen next.

Most indies fly blind during development. No dashboard. No instruments. Just doubt. New article: four KPIs to measure progress, quality, and sanity while you're still building - not after launch. linkedin.com/pulse/develope… via @LinkedIn

Did you budget time for recovery like you budget polygons for your main character? linkedin.com/pulse/we-fixed… via @LinkedIn

The path forward isn't through the loudest room. Networking for Introverts: Building Genuine Connections Without the Schmooze. linkedin.com/pulse/networki… via @LinkedIn

@pfmaxavg @f_sreud @JustaFBaptista Gidip bir tokatlayin; kendinize gelin. Bu nasil bir muhabbet arkadas.😀

Your game's real bottleneck isn't the code. It's strategic: feature bloat, tool obsession, lost knowledge. My new guide diagnoses these pipeline fractures and how to fix them. linkedin.com/pulse/3-non-co…

Struggling to make publishers see your game's true potential? The problem might be a common "Developer's Trap." I wrote about the single biggest hurdle from my recent workshop and a simple exercise to fix it. linkedin.com/pulse/i-ran-ga… via @LinkedIn

@StewartAmbrQUSB Priorities!

After Five Years, I Went Back to the Office. Here’s What’s Changed (And What Hasn’t) linkedin.com/pulse/after-fi… via @LinkedIn

This explorer saved a polar bear cub from a shark

@Rainmaker1973 Get the fuck out!

What are the words?

@bobbybonesshow @stfuesh I see the same too! Addled-brained?

@stfuesh I see godzilla what does that mean

@rojamaibo May the Force be within you, sisters!

@JasonWMizer Congrats!

My daughter opening up her Author Copy. So unbelievably proud of her. She took a 5k summer project and turned it into a 28k book that will be self published in mere moments.

@loftwah Yes, massa!😁

It is master not main

@loftwah In CS, characters have ASCII values. If you subtract the sum of the values in the missing set from the total expected value, you will get the numerical value of the missing letter. More here: ascii-code.com

If I had the alphabet but was missing a single character, what would be the fastest way to find out which character was missing? Say i was missing, what is your solution?

@loftwah @code_mom_ I learned that there is such a thing as bipolar anger and that explained some stuff about where mine originated. It's a mix of restlessness and feeling euphoric. I suppose something wants to come out and should be expressed, and it feels like anger?

@kubarium @code_mom_ That’s just the implied answer for this stuff.

I wish I had something to be mad at or someone to hate so I could direct my anger at it but I just don’t.

@loftwah @code_mom_ Why is your anger supposed to be pushed all down? A genuine question from someone who's dealing with this, but who is also trying to change his (old+bad) habits one sigh at a time.

@code_mom_ That’s because I push it all down deep like we are supposed to.